Kidd, who normally says very little to stir up things, was asked why he changed his mind during the conference call.

"What did I do?" Kidd said. "I never make any headlines. It wasn't me."

After Kidd was informed that it indeed was him who made the comments and was fined, he smiled.

"Oh then it was me," Kidd said. "It's an opinion. We all have one, right or wrong. So we move on."

In his rookie season as a coach, Kidd has been fined twice for a total of $75,000. The NBA fined him $50,000 in November after he intentionally spilled a drink on the court in an attempt to get a competitive advantage.

Blatche guarantee?

Andray Blatche guaranteed a Nets win in Game 6. Well, sort of.

On Wednesday, after the Nets lost Game 5, Paul Pierce said the Nets would be back in Toronto on Sunday for a Game 7.

Before Friday's shootaround, a member of the Toronto media asked Blatche if he was willing to "guarantee that would happen?"

"Yeah," Blatche said. "I mean, yeah. Our confidence is going in tonight and winning and definitely going back to Toronto."